Shipping-support.



A. C. ROEBUCK. SHIPPING suPPoRT.`

APPLICMION FILED FEB-20,191.5.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

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A. C. ROEBUCK.

SHIPPING SUPPORT.

APPLIc'AIIoII FILED FEB.'20. 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

@Ilya Patentd May 21,1918.

structed of steel-wire and adjacent each end is formed with@ flattened portion 32 to limit the extent-t0 which the ends ofrthe bail may be inserted in the perforations 30. The bail proper is sprung in place in front of the actuating or sub-levers 19 so that the bail proper extends in front of the( sublevers 19, Fig. t, and efectually prevents their forward movement. the forward movement, the type bars 2,1 are also prevented from movement andare` held in place on the type bar rest so that there is no tendency for them to become entangled with other type bars and bent, thus throwing them'out oit'V alinement.

With this construction it is obvious that the movable parts of the typewriter are securely held and supported so that the ytypewriter may be shipped without any danger or ,accldent or Without any danger `that the arts will become damaged in transit. ot only is the carriage held againstlongitudinal movement but also the .sub-carriage is prevented from shiftingmovement. The esca ement mechanism is double protected for t e rack is held out of A engagement with the escape wheel and there 'l only to place the ngers through the sides' can be no movement of the escape mechanism because the actuating leversy foriit are held against actuating movement.

Toy remove the lsupports it is necessary of the frame and lift the ends of the bail 31 upward so that it can be removed from the perforations 30;-the end plates 22 arel easily removed by simply withdrawing the screw 24 whereupon the plate may be slipped out at the side ofthe machine, the rack being thereby released and the stud of the subcarriage being free for shifting movement.

The studs 28 prevent the weight 'of the carriage from causing the balls in the vacancy to pit the ways of the ball race, in

ease of a heavy jar or-impact while in transportation. The center of the bail 31 is immediately under the lowermost type bar 21, but in inserting or removing the bail will sprin suiiciently to permit inserting and` with rawing the ends of the bail.

It is obvious that a strip of metal may be used instead of a wire bail and that the bail may be secured to the sub-frame by means of screws inserted through eyes or perforations in the bail. Other changes may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.

What I claim is:

' 1. Ina typewriter, a movable carriage and By preventing 2. In a typewriter, a movable carriage and an escapement rack pivoted therein, escapement mechanism engaging the rack for moving the carriage, and means including typebars for operating the mechanism; plates attachable to the ends of the carriage with engaging means for holding it against movement and the rack raised from the .escapement mechanism; and. means for preventing movement of the typebars.

3. In a typewriter, a movable carriage, escapement means for moving the carriage including type bars, a pivoted escapement rack disengageable from the escapement means, means for holding the carriage against movement and the rack out of engagement with said escapement means, a y support for the type-bars having a erforation at each end, and a bail with attened portions adjacent the ends to limit the extent of insertion of the ends of the bail, the bail engaging the typebars for holding them against actuation.

, 4. The combination of a typewriter having a shiftable carriage with ways u on which the carriage is transversely mova le, a shipping, support for the carriage consisting of plates, one of which is' attachable at each end of the carriage, having projections insertible in the ways thereof and other projections to engage the carriage to hold it against shifting movement.

5. A shipping support for the carriage of a tylpewriter consisting of a plate attachable to t e carriage at one end with projections 100 to engage in the ways upon which the carriage is movable, and with other projections to engage and support the .carriage from shifting movement.

6. The combination with a' typewriter hav- 105 ing `a transversely movable and vertically shiftable carriage and a ball race for mounting the carriage and a pivoted rack for engaging the escapement mechanism, of a shipping support for the carriage consisting 110 of plates, one attached at each end of the carriage and consisting of adjustable projections insertible in the ball races, and other projections one of which engages the carriage to prevent its shifting movement 115 and the other of which engages the rack to prevent its movement with the escapement mechanism.

7. The combination with a typewriter having a shiftable carriage with ways upon 120 which the carriage is transversely movable, ball bearings movable in the ways of a shipping support for the carriage consisting of plates, one of which is attaehable to each end of the carriage and each plate having 125 projections insertible in the ways to support the carriage and to prevent theweight of it from causing the ball bearing to pit the ways in case of a heavy impact while in transportation.

8. A shipping Support for preventing the In testimony whereof hztve signed my movement of th'etype bars of a typewriter name tothis specification, in the presence of 10 comprising 'a support with .perforetions atl two subscribing Witnesses, on this eleventhy.

the ends; and a bail With-flattened portions day of February, A. D. 1915. v

5 adjacent the ends tolimt the extent of n- ALVAH C. REBUCK.

sertion of the lends ofthe bail, the bail being 1i/VitneSses: f adapted to engagebelow the typebars for L. E. HOUSHO'LDER,

holding them upon theirseat. J. F. SWAHLSTEDT. 

